st: Re: From: "Adolf Mkenda" <amkenda@udsm.ac.tz>

["R.E. De Hoyos" <redeho@hotmail.com>]

Adolf,
Try:

tostring myvar, gen(mystr) format(%14.0f)
gen myvar2 = substr(mystr,6,1)

Rafa

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> Hi,
> I am trying to isolate some digits from a variable to form a new variable.
> For example, I have a variable with 13 digits (e.g. 5101232120011) and I
> want to extract the 6th digit (in this case 3) and make it a separate
> variable. The original variable always has 13 digits in it. I wonder
> whether I can use Stata to do this. I will appreciate suggestions.
> Adolf Mkenda
> Dar es Salaam.
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